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Mobile Technology and the Transformation of Public Alert and Warning

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NCA Bookshelf

Hamilton BeanPraeger Security International

This book examines how mobile smartphone systems are transforming the practice of public alert and warning. Bean looks at recent examples of the hazards of these systems, including false alarms and lack of use during emergencies. Bean interviews public officials, corporate executives, experts, and citizens about the systems and provides an in-depth analysis of how the public alert system currently functions and how it could be improved. Bean also offers three cases that demonstrate the relevance of research about public alert systems. 

This book is the winner of the NCA Applied Communication Divisionu2019s 2021 Sue DeWine Distinguished Scholarly Book Award.

Hamilton Bean is Associate Professor, Director of the International Studies Program, and Director of Strategic Communication at the University of Colorado Denver.